List, Query, Manipulate System Processes

Documentation for package ‘ps’ version 1.7.6

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as.character.ps_handle	Create a process handle
CleanupReporter	testthat reporter that checks if child processes are cleaned up in tests
errno	List of 'errno' error codes
format.ps_handle	Create a process handle
print.ps_handle	Create a process handle
ps	Process table
ps_boot_time	Boot time of the system
ps_children	List of child processes (process objects) of the process. Note that this typically requires enumerating all processes on the system, so it is a costly operation.
ps_cmdline	Command line of the process
ps_connections	List network connections of a process
ps_cpu_count	Number of logical or physical CPUs
ps_cpu_times	CPU times of the process
ps_create_time	Start time of a process
ps_cwd	Process current working directory as an absolute path.
ps_descent	Query the ancestry of a process
ps_disk_partitions	List all mounted partitions
ps_disk_usage	Disk usage statistics, per partition
ps_environ	Environment variables of a process
ps_environ_raw	Environment variables of a process
ps_exe	Full path of the executable of a process
ps_find_tree	Mark a process and its (future) child tree
ps_get_cpu_affinity	Query or set CPU affinity
ps_get_nice	Get or set the priority of a process
ps_gids	User ids and group ids of the process
ps_handle	Create a process handle
ps_interrupt	Interrupt a process
ps_is_running	Checks whether a process is running
ps_is_supported	Query the type of the OS
ps_kill	Kill a process
ps_kill_tree	Mark a process and its (future) child tree
ps_loadavg	Return the average system load over the last 1, 5 and 15 minutes as a tuple.
ps_mark_tree	Mark a process and its (future) child tree
ps_memory_full_info	Memory usage information
ps_memory_info	Memory usage information
ps_name	Process name
ps_num_fds	Number of open file descriptors
ps_num_threads	Number of threads
ps_open_files	Open files of a process
ps_os_type	Query the type of the OS
ps_parent	Parent pid or parent process of a process
ps_pid	Pid of a process handle
ps_pids	Ids of all processes on the system
ps_ppid	Parent pid or parent process of a process
ps_resume	Resume (continue) a stopped process
ps_send_signal	Send signal to a process
ps_set_cpu_affinity	Query or set CPU affinity
ps_set_nice	Get or set the priority of a process
ps_shared_libs	List the dynamically loaded libraries of a process
ps_shared_lib_users	List all processes that loaded a shared library
ps_status	Current process status
ps_suspend	Suspend (stop) the process
ps_system_cpu_times	System CPU times.
ps_system_memory	Statistics about system memory usage
ps_system_swap	System swap memory statistics
ps_terminal	Terminal device of the process
ps_terminate	Terminate a Unix process
ps_tty_size	Query the size of the current terminal
ps_uids	User ids and group ids of the process
ps_username	Owner of the process
ps_users	List users connected to the system
ps_windows_nice_values	Get or set the priority of a process
signals	List of all supported signals
with_process_cleanup	Mark a process and its (future) child tree